Sterilizing toilet



E. G. FRIEDRICH, STERILIZING TOILET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25.1918.

Patented Mar. 9, l19,20.-

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

WITNEovEs' vmwwwf E. G. FRIEDRICH. STERILIZING OILET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25.1918.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

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TTOFP/VEY ERNEsTe FRIEDRICH, for mnrnnaronrs@IiinraNA.

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toilet seats-"and seat-:covers ingeneral', and

f ing j means are` `employed -for sanitary pur-V poses.

The principal lvobjectfof mykinvention is vvthe construction of *a toiletfs'e'at that will;

automatically sterilize itselfl after each usage V"fseat havinga suitable closing or foldable `coverwhich shall retain thesterilizing fluid or element within'saideover'until steriliza- Y g g tion is complete. A furtherobi'ect is to prof-fvide a seat', the side-Wings or edges of which {'f'shall foldgup'vvardWithinsaid foldable cover s' as'said cover' is lowered orfolioled over ythe Y'bowl-Ito facilitate sterilization off' said Wings or edges.. still further object is Vto Yprovide an automatically,operating,lmeasuring vfor controlling receptacle attached Within "-sad cover which.. Will .-automatically .release l sopa. predetermined quantity `of* sterilijzingfluid or .element immediatelyA yon the `complete clos. y' 5 furtlier objectis to V:pnividefa device ofv i, theftyp'e' deseribedithat may beattached to .3 vv f -regularly provided :seat 4therefor. -A fur-v Y therobjectis to provide a. device Vthatshall any-fstandardvftoiletbowl in "place of the :besirnple and yinexpensive.of.,construction,

" V`thatshall not be liable `toaget'foutof order Y e With these obJect'sin viewand such others as .wil-l incidentally appearasvthe descrip-- tion'of -theinvention proceedsymy inventioni and that shallflhave ya 'Wide rangeof adaptrelates tomechanisrnzan'd constructionwhich e willjbe bestunderstood -from a consideration of 'the annexeddrawlngs which compose an vjmtegral; fport-lon .of these specifications' and which illustrate apreferred embodiment of the/device, v'it being understood thatasuch modification thereof may bemadeias com g- -mereial requirements .may find advisable and` as come `v vithin lthe lspiritoffthe appended i claimsand inwhieh': Y v

to improvements in- Figure 1 illustratesfa' plan'vievvi ofithey device with thercoverfoldedl over the seat Wings, the Wingsv being in horizontal position. Fig. 2 isa sectionalview on line'-Q .of Fig.' lk with wings. folded vertically. Within the cover, a". fragmentary portion of the bowl being shown infbroken lines. Fig' is a-similarsection Withthe cover raised and the seat Wings in horizontal position. Fig

4 is'a vvertical sectionon-line of Fig. 2, VFigzB is a se'etion'sof the iiuid'controlling-cylinder' or mechanism@Fig..`:6vi is a yfragmentaryfdetail'oi: the seatwvingY raising .and controlling mechanism taken on line l Specificationofanitersrient! Patented Maineueao. i

detailvr ofk the 'i seat controlling fand raising y n mechanismtaken on'line7-l7'oflig- 6..` vwthereoiv A further object 'isto provide a `With more yparticular reiereneey to the 1 hoWlL, to which plate is attached a hinge 5,*

one'wingof which is secured to the rear Wall -6of theU cover member 7,1tl1'ecover being provided around vits 'bowl f engaging edges ivithga resilient or1 liexible'felesing element '8;

resting on 'the upper'suriace k-9 of boivlfi.

The forward portionqof the n cover may be D'providedwith anattached bridge orvifall 10 fto provide a'hand hold l1-ion the purpose of manually raising said cover. f 'Hingedly connectedtotl e forward end 13 of'fplatelyasatflQ-,tis'a second plate or y bracket lll- -providedfvvith f al plurality of'.

bearing members 15 Y carrying trunnions or hinges 16 supporting platesil' to which arefv y'attached' by fastening strips 18e the side "Wings er' seats '19, Vflanges 2O being 'provided on trun'nions 16 to prevent rearward motion of plates 17. `A suitable handle 'or grip/21 niaybeattached tovvings or seats 19, if desired,fto lraise these seats verticallyon hinge I elements 12 when cover? 1s 1n raised posltion." l. vSurrounding trunnions 16' are, coiled springsj22, one end of which is attached as -Y Aat 23 to-bracket141-,'the oppositefendbeing r` `inwardly bent yandinserted rin". trunnions 16 as'at 241. `Projeetions 25 are attached to and Y Y outwardly disposedfirom fthe' ends 524 ofg spr-ingsfQZ, and to theseends 25 are secured,AV

as at26, flexible. cables' on cords 27 which Y i pass through-'a medialtopening QSin `a lug k29 integrally attachedftofbracket'14,cords A27 being Diteci t0* fOrrrra cable or vflexible,-`

3, InV a *steriliziirig toilet in vcomloination .Awth a toilet bowl', ap'late xedly attached to said boWLa pliualityof seatsoi Wings 1-otatably mounted ina bi'acket carried by said plate, flexible elemente" attached'f toy said' ,Y 'Wings andftovsaid plaise an' iiiveifted'fbow'lshaped i cover yhiiigedly 'attached toaid plate, a flexible element secured to said 'cover toV co-act withsaid boW-l to securelyse'al the Vcontact of said cover Withfgsaid boiylf'said cover engaging said flexible' elements ,to raise said Wingsirom a'hoiizontal to "a: Verf;

tical position, resilientv means connectedV tov said Wings to retuintlieint horizontal p04 A sitioma fluid oarryingplpe passingthrogh Vsaid* cover `and connected to a cylinder xedly attached within'ksaid cover, a bifurf' cated outlet pipe connected to said' cylinder,

l discharge slots o1' ventsin. foutlet bifurr A f Witnesses if and eXiblemeanSffor closing` said cover,

sulostantially asfand ,foi'fthe' purposev de- 'j. i fsciibed. I

f In testimony two Subscribing Witnessesl l A l 4 Y "iiifmifisTv FRIED'RiciL* HELEN HUNT,

- Q 'HARRY RoGEIisj4 K Whereoffr'lfhave' signed Y name to this'v Specification lin 'the lpresenceof 

